The organizations will match state funds to either purchase land or obtain easements on specific tracts.

Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources Doug Domenech says battlefield conservation supports broad-based conservation efforts because many of the battles took place along rivers, streams, and wetlands or on farmlands and in forests.

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